That’s a lot of slanderous nonsense. Older folks have been saying the same thing about young people since the time of Socrates. Unscrupulous employers like immigrants not because of work ethics or integrity, but because they’ll work for peanuts (in the case of illegals, below minimum wage!), and they can’t bitch about it, lest they get a nock on their door from ICE
While I understand there ARE some exploitative employers (and they should be stopped), what I said is nonetheless still accurate for all too many people (not just youngsters, either) nowadays.
Put as succinctly as possible, many employers will tend to hire immigrants (at regular wages) just because they tend to have better work ethics than so many of our native stock.
Period. If you are unaware of this, go chat with the employers, including also small business people ... who provide over 70 percent of the jobs anyway .. in your community, and see.
You raise a legitimate problem. So do I. (And, I fear the problem you raise can be solved a lot easier than the one I brought up....alas....but its still there....and is at least one significant cause of such high unemployment among native-born citizens these days.
Best,
fhc